DefenceTalkWith a shared vision for the Wisła medium-range air defense program, MEADS International (MI) and Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa (PGZ) have signed a Letter of Intent to explore cooperation and mutually beneficial business opportunities related to the program. This agreement includes the opportunity for PGZ to take a partnership role with MI alongside Lockheed Martin and […]https://www.defencetalk.com/meads-pgz-in-joint-bid-for-polands-air-defense-deal-68114/

DefenceTalkMBDA signed today (Sept. 1) in Doha a contract for the supply of a coastal defence system for the Qatari Emiri Naval Forces (QENF). This innovative coastal missile system will deploy two different munitions, Marte ER (the Extended Range version of the Marte missile) and Exocet MM40 Block 3, and will be able to work […]https://www.defencetalk.com/mbda-signs-contract-to-supply-a-coastal-missile-system-to-qatar-68081/

DefenceTalkAt Eurosatory 2016, MBDA is presenting its medium-range land combat missile system MMP integrated on four different combat platforms, thereby demonstrating the exceptional modularity of this missile. Ideally suited for dismounted combat, MMP can also provide the main armament on light vehicles or be incorporated as a complementary armament on the turrets of heavy combat […]https://www.defencetalk.com/mbda-unveils-the-mmp-missile-integrated-on-four-different-combat-platforms-67656/

DefenceTalkMBDA has commenced deliveries of a quantity of Advanced Short Range Air-to-Air Missiles (ASRAAM) for the forthcoming integration of this infra-red air dominance missile onto the UK’s F-35B. The first missile was delivered to the US during January in conjunction with BAE Systems (the UK’s F-35 weapon integration lead). ASRAAM will be the first UK […]https://www.defencetalk.com/mbda-delivers-asraam-missiles-for-f-35-integration-66685/

DefenceTalkA Typhoon Instrumented Production Aircraft (IPA) has successfully completed a release of the MBDA Storm Shadow, conventionally armed, stealthy, long-range stand-off precision missile, Eurofighter GmbH has announced. This continues the series of trials that Eurofighter Partner Company, Alenia Aermacchi, is leading to demonstrate the full integration of the Storm Shadow missile with Typhoon’s weapon system. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/first-storm-shadow-missile-successfully-released-from-eurofighter-65807/

DefenceTalkA technology being developed to allow military forces to select the explosive output in theatre – commonly known as ‘scalable effects’ or ‘dial a yield’ – has been successfully demonstrated by TDW GmbH with support from BAE Systems Munitions. The technology, an enhanced version of TDW’s RADIUS (Range Adaptable Device Incorporating Unique Scaling) system was […]https://www.defencetalk.com/enhanced-technology-will-allow-scalable-effects-during-operations-65701/

DefenceTalkThe “Süddeutsche Zeitung” (SZ), a leading German national daily, reported on Friday that Berlin’s defense ministry had decided to purchase the Medium Extended Air Defense System (Meads) developed by US defense giant Lockheed Martin in cooperation with German MBDA and Italian companies. The defense ministry has, however, so far declined to confirm the report, saying […]https://www.defencetalk.com/german-defense-reportedly-decides-on-meads-missile-defense-system-64225/

DefenceTalkAt IDEX 2015, the UAE company Siham Al Khaleej Technology (SAKT), together with MBDA, the European missile systems company, and GEM elettronica of Italy, are presenting an innovative and cost-effective coastal battery system. This cooperation is part of a Heads of Agreement signed during the 2013 Dubai Air Show that sees SAKT as the prime […]https://www.defencetalk.com/mbda-unveils-coastal-defense-battery-system-at-idex-2015-63268/

DefenceTalkOn 12th February, 2015, another test firing of the MMP missile took place at the French Procurement Agency DGA Techniques Terrestres site in Bourges central France. This latest firing, against a steel target positioned at an intermediate range, was carried out in lock on before launch mode (fire-and-forget) using the missile seeker’s colour TV channel. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/second-successful-firing-of-mbdas-mmp-land-combat-missile-63125/

DefenceTalkThe Brazilian Navy has selected MBDA’s Sea Ceptor to provide the local area air defence for its next generation Tamandaré class corvettes. After the UK’s Royal Navy (RN) and the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN), Brazil’s is now the third navy to have chosen Sea Ceptor. With discussions also well advanced with other leading navies […]https://www.defencetalk.com/brazil-picks-mbdas-sea-ceptor-for-new-corvettes-61076/